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Aston Villa. Signed this window: Netherlands forward Donyell Malen, 25, from Borussia Dortmund for £19m plus £2.25m add-ons. Spanish full-back

Aston Villa missed a chance to draw closer to the Premier League's top four on Sunday in a 1-1 draw at home to West Ham United whose Brazilian left back Emerson rescued a point after Jacob Ramsey had got the hosts off to a dream start.

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Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett believes Edson Alvarez was very fortunate to remain on the pitch despite being involved in a number of challenges during Aston Villa's 1-1 draw with West Ham on Sunday.

Ben: Absolutely brilliant second-half performance from a threadbare squad. Lucas Paqueta, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tomas Soucek and Oliver Scarles were all tremendous. Great point and we deserved more. The wizard is weaving his magic. Front-foot football has returned to West Ham. Keep it up.

Graham Potter's third Premier League game in charge of West Ham is a win away to Champions League side Aston Villa despite the absences of two center backs, two center forwards, and Jarrod Bowen.